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Mathematical Practices

This page is a resource bank to keep focused on the mathematical practices. Beginning with rich math tasks, my hope is to ground classes in tasks that engage students with mathematics. I also begin classes with a variety of openers to immediately capture the attention of students and have them “dive” into math.

Class Opening Cycle based upon the day. My school is currently on a six-day cycle and I see my students for math every other day. My current opening practice depends on the day of the week and generally follows the schedule below. As such, over a two-week period, students typically get one of each opener. (Note: the Day E is part of the rotation. On this day, I will provide students with a problem to do over the week. Each “Day E” a problem is due and a problem is started.)